Photo Credits
Photographers for The PIA Website
Photos On The PIA Site Were Contributed By The Following Photographers:
Meet Ryan Bolohan
Creator of Stay Awesome Productions
Ryan Bolohan is a two-time world record holder with a passion for creating incredible skydiving videography. He created his company, Stay Awesome Productions in 2014. He has made 3,000 jumps, is an AFF-I and tunnel instructor. Once Ryan experienced his first skydive there was no looking back. In his first year alone he made 985 jumps. Outside of skydiving Ryan has a passion for the water and loves to wakeboard.
Meet Elliot Byrd
Byrd's Eye Studio
Elliot found his passion for photography and videography through skydiving, trying to capture the unique experiences and moments of pure joy that can only be found in the sky. He lives and breaths skydiving and everything related. When he is not in the sky he continues to hone his craft for capturing the moment by working with various industry associations and gear manufacturers. In 2016 he founded Byrd’s Eye Studio to pursue his passion for skydiving and make it a full-time career.
Meet Neil Kuhlman
Neil Kuhlman Productions
Neil Kuhlman has been active in the sport for 12 years. He has completed 9500+ skydives and holds 5 state freefly records. Neil is an AFF-I, freefly/canopy coach, TI, Rigger and US national canopy piloting gold medalist. At a very young age, Neil developed an interest in cameras, airplanes and extreme sports. Once he found skydiving, all those interests came together allowing Neil to turn his passions of flight and film into a career. In 2015, Neil Kuhlman Productions was created, with the focus of capturing, creating and sharing inspiring imagery.
Meet Dan Chrobak
Photographer, Videographer & TI
Dan Chrobak is a photographer, videographer, and TI. He has worked in the action sports industry for over 12 years. Five of those years he spent traveling the world as a photographer for Burton Snowboards. He took his skill and passion for photography and began shooting his friends skydiving. The passion paid off early by scoring the April 2018 Parachutist cover with Neil Kuhlman during the first SkyHI invitational event. When he is not skydiving, Dan enjoys snowboarding, traveling, climbing, and freediving.
Meet Raymond Adams
Owner Of Raymond Adams Imagery
Raymond is a hairstylist first and started doing photography to take pictures of hair and fashion. He was very involved with competing in the beginning of the Pro Swooping Tour.
Already proficient in free-flying, when he got recurrent in skydiving, he mounted the camera to his helmet. Six weeks in, the first picture he submitted landed on the cover of Parachutist. Countless publications later, he’s still going strong.